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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is undertaking a full-scale retreat from much of the major crypto litigation started under former Chair Gary Gensler, but not everyone is off the hook.At least four lawsuits against crypto companies — Ripple, Kraken, Cumberland DRW and Pulsechain — remain ongoing, and probes into another three firms — Unicoin, Crypto.com and Immutable — have not yet been closed.SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, the leader of the agency’s newly-created Crypto Task Force, has already made good on her promise earlier this month to “disentangle” the SEC from various crypto-related litigation. The agency has agreed to drop its cases against Coinbase and ConsenSys, pending commissioner approval, and has put its cases against Binance and Tron on pause as the parties...

Crypto-equities have rebounded following Donald Trump’s crypto strategic reserve announcement. With just hours until the U.S. market opens, bitcoin (BTC) remains above $92,000, recovering from its recent drop to $78,000.As a result, crypto-related stocks have jumped after significant declines—Strategy (MSTR) rebounded 12% after dropping as much as 50% from its November high. Coinbase (COIN) and MARA (MARA) gained 10%, and IREN (IREN) rose 11%.Glassnode data shows that bitcoin also went above the Short-Term Holder Realized Price (STH RP) which is priced at $92,107, a key metric tracking the average on-chain cost for investors over the past 155 days. Historically, holding above this level signals a bullish continuation, though temporary dips occur, like in October 2023 and 2024, before further upside.Disclaimer:...

Anatoly Yakovenko, co-founder of the Solana project, has recently referred to the current state of bitcoin and its utility. On social media, Yakovenko stated that BTC had no value and could be considered insurance “in the best light.” He explained that there was a 1% chance for the collapse of a superpower nation to happenSource link

XRP is taking a bull breather a day after Donald Trump sounded plans for a strategic token reserve alongside bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH), cardano (ADA) and solana (SOL).The payments-focused cryptocurrency rallied 25% within hours of Trump’s Truth Social post, reaching $3, but has since pulled back to $2.6 at press time. Prices have pulled back to the descending trendline from Jan. 16 highs.Among technical indicators, the relative strength index (RSI), which measures if price is moving too fast, rose to 70 late Sunday and has retraced to 48 from above-70 or overbought readings observed late Sunday, signaling potential for a renewed move higher.However, prices remain below the 50-hour SMA ($2.65), signaling weakness, while the broader 200-hour SMA ($2.50) supports that...

Sacks sold his digital assets before joining the Trump administration, though his venture firm maintains investments in the industry.Source link